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Biden warns Israel against using aid as a ‘bargaining chip’

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US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has warned Israel that it cannot use aid as a “bargaining chip” in its fight against Hamas and called for an immediate temporary ceasefire in Gaza, where fears of a looming famine have multiplied.

Using his annual State of the Union address on Thursday night to deliver some of his strongest comments yet about the five-month-long war, Biden also ordered the US military to lead “an emergency mission” to build a temporary pier off Gaza to facilitate more

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